Lead Product Designer

Circle is a financial technology company deeply involved in the emerging internet of money, enabling value to move efficiently worldwide much like digital data, but in a cost-effective and near-instant manner compared to traditional settlement systems. This advancement presents unprecedented opportunities for payments, commerce, and markets, aiming to enhance global economic prosperity and foster inclusion. Our infrastructure includes USDC, a blockchain-based dollar, empowering businesses, institutions, and developers to leverage these innovations at this pivotal moment in the evolution of finance and technology.

Role Overview:

Circle prioritizes transparency and stability in its operations. As our company expands into globally relevant jurisdictions, our employees uphold key values such as Multistakeholder approach, Mindfulness, Excellence Driven, and High Integrity. Working remotely demands constant evolution among Circlers, promoting teamwork in creating a flexible, diverse work environment nurturing innovative thinking and collaborative ownership.

Responsibilities:

Circle seeks a Lead Product Designer to guide the design process, ensuring solutions are aligned with customer needs to enhance their interactions with currency, treasury, and payment solutions. In this role, you will spearhead the end-to-end design aspect within your product area, partnering closely with Product Management, Engineering, as well as clients to develop impactful solutions for numerous businesses reaching millions of users globally.

Key Objectives:

• Unveiling customer needs in the rapidly evolving cypto and blockchain domain
• Identifying and ranking customer requirements with the support of product and engineering teams
• Fostering cross-functional collaborations across various departments at Circle to establish early alignment on problem statements and potential solutions
• Utilizing quantitative and qualitative data to guide decision-making, addressing stakeholder concerns
• Contributing towards establishing and enhancing design best practices and processes within a growing team at Circle

Expected Qualifications:

Lead Product Designer

• Possessing over 7 years of UX or product design experience and having overseen design execution from inception to evolution in numerous products or features
• Demonstrating a drive for fostering a robust design culture by putting customer interests at the core and elevating the team's performance
• Capable of bridging connections between ongoing work in various product domains to address analogous challenges
• Proven history of resolving service design obstacles and intricate task-based workflows

Additional Details:

• This position is open for day-one PERM sponsorship candidates who meet the eligibility criteria.

Circle is dedicated to building an inclusive financial future with transparency being a core value. Our compensation packages consider various factors such as relevant experience, skill sets, qualifications, and organizational requirements. Base pay ranges between $157,500 - $207,500 with an annual bonus target of 15%. Additionally, equitable benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), a discretionary vacation policy, 10 days of paid sick leave annually, and 11 paid holidays in the U.S. are provided.

Circle practices equal employment opportunities and values diversity, refraining from discrimination based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Additionally, Circle adheres to the E-Verify program as required by law in certain locations.